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Rupert Murdoch Ain't No Friend Of Mine

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But it never stops. It's not supposed to stop as he hectors us into a new feudalism where up is down and black is white and right is something somebody else decides -- often to your own detriment. It's the New World Order spun on its head by an amoral tycoon intent on enriching his own derriere regardless of the cost. In fact, I doubt cost -- cost to us at any rate -- ever even enters his mind.

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However, I could be wrong, addling myself in a mad dash to vilify the rapscallion I hold responsible for the mess that remains of my country. Perhaps, like my impatience at the no-show of Obama's oft promised grand sucker punch, I'm just not cutting the guy enough slack. Who knows? Maybe this whole Fox Nation exercise is just some elaborate ruse to turn us left by first marinating us in the right, imbuing conservatism with a bewilderingly bitter aftertaste as if to remind us of our own indiscretions once the trouble has passed.

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But I don't care. For me, if only in the light of his having again played us like a pack of rubes, the verdict doesn't change.

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Because Rupert Murdoch still ain't no friend of mine.

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Tom Aiken is a writer based in Austin, Texas. He has written for numerous publications including The Village Voice, Heavy Metal amd M'Zine (RIP). Mr. Aiken also has a spanking new blog -- AikenLand -- for publication of his more unpublishable work. (more...)
 
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